The Color of the Pupil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battle action is deeply concerned with the color of the pupil * Red and Blue The usual color of KOS-MOS' eyes is red. However, that color is not fixed and it has been confirmed to turn blue. KOS-MOS' hair is blue and the overall image of her entire body design is white. The normal eyes of KOS-MOS, a large portion of whose body is comprised of neutral colors and cold colors, are an extremely warm color, red. Depending on some sort of timing, her eyes change to blue that matches her entire color scheme. It changes from an eye color that lacks harmony to an eye color that does not lack harmony. There is a theory that if you apply this to living creatures, maybe the normal KOS-MOS is suppressed by some kind of power and when she is released by some kind of opportunity she returns to the blue eye color. It is possible to view the lack of harmony as a surface sign that signals the generation of some kind of inconvenience. * Opportunity and Meaning "Battle actions" are deeply related to the timing of the change in KOS-MOS' eye color. When KOS-MOS embraced the sensation of pain, her eyes were confirmed to have changed colors. Perhaps KOS-MOS goes through battle knowing the general concept of "pain," which completes her inner self and because of that her eyes change color. In the past, Kevin saw an indication of of mental activity in KOS-MOS. According to Shion's observations, currently KOS-MOS' mental activity is usually a flat line, but what about her mental activity in this kind of battle? * The Eyes of Living Things Earthworms with no eyes have light sensing cells on their skin that feel the presence/absence and the strength of light that strikes the surface of their bodies. Human eyes are the result of the evolution of these sorts of sensory cells. Also, from the origination of the eyeball that is directly connected to the optic nerve, it is said to be "the brain that protrudes outside." The fact that KOS-MOS' brain is a faithful reproduction of a human brain means that perhaps her eyes could also be called the brain that "protrudes outside." It can be thought that there is a great meaning in the change of the eye color. Probability of unchanging corresponding phenomena...90.00080% Archetypus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The archetypus had exceeded in specification rather than present body * High Specification Body (Imitation Body) On the former occasion that KOS-MOS's body was woken and went out of control, that was the imitation body. The imitation is not the real thing, but there was a resemblance. In other words, the Archetype was not KOS-MOS's official body, but came to exceed the perfect form in its specification. Certainly, the design is different, and the imitation has a far higher internal specification. Though the existence of KOS-MOS' shell body was official, it was a long way from the perfect form. This is because Kevin's death caused the development to be put behind. From these circumstances, because the Archetype's imitation body exceeded its specifications, the possibility of KOS-MOS' shell body being an alternative can be considered. However, in any event, the final vision of the future which Nephilim showed to Shion, of KOS-MOS' perfect form, as well as the existence of the Archetype, cannot be coincidence. * Archetype Form and True Form When chaos was speaking to KOS-MOS in the place she was sleeping onboard the Elsa, there was meaning in his words [ Where is the real you? ] - "The real you" points to something, but what? When the Archetype body was awakened and ran out of control, it was in the custody of Vector Industries First Division. However, if the development personnel were to consider it to be "KOS-MOS' original body", that is because the concept was one of a "strategic system", and in that case, it did not become anything else. Also, if the Archetype is to be thought of as the "genuine article", the idea must be considered seriously that the developer "Kevin" created the environment for the true form, and in any case, Shion had the feeling that [ Kevin built it for the sake of getting closer to the true form ]. The idea that chaos based his words to KOS-MOS on this, should not be considered. Therefore, in this case, the Archetype can not be considered to be the "Real KOS-MOS". =============================================================================== Translators note: "The second half of [the archetypus article] this could probably stand a second opinion. I *think* the general idea is correct, but there were a couple *extremely* strange(at least to me) sentences that I can't be totally certain I got right. There doesn't seem to be anything too earthshattering here, but it did present an interesting idea that I, at least, hadn't considered before. "I also have to make an important distinction. Although I didn't always use it in the text, when it talks about the Archetype, it always refers to it as an 'imitation body', and when referring to the real one, it calls it something to the extent of 'shell body'. This is probably very important contextually." Translated by Rox-e and rika. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. These translations, however, are owned by the individual translators. Please ask permission from the author before copying these translations for any purpose, other than your own private use.